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Taliban resist Pakistan onslaught

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Taliban militants have been putting up fierce resistance to the Pakistan army as it attempts to oust them from strongholds in the remote South Waziristan region.

The army say about 60 militants and five soldiers have now been killed.

Up to 20,000 people have fled the area in the past few days, and aid agencies say many more could be displaced.

Orla Guerin reports.

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